2013 Legislative Winners and Losers: Policyholders of FL remains thorn in side to insurance industry

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The Policyholders of Florida, founded by former Insurance Consumer Advocate Sean Shaw, continues to be a powerhouse when it comes to holding the insurance industry in check. 
 
Shaw, now an attorney at the Merlin Law Group and a candidate for State House in Tampa, shocked everyone when the Policyholders of Florida helped organize busloads of residents to slash the 2000% sinkhole rate hikes passed in 2011, in 2012 his group killed a dangerous surplus lines bill, and this year they flexed their muscle on Senate Bill 1770. 
 
The final SB 1770 on it’s way to the Governor was stripped of huge rate hikes initially proposed and also includes measures spearheaded by the Policyholders of Florida like the clearinghouse, an independent inspector general, and a consumer advocate seat on the board of Citizens Property Insurance. 
 
Sean Shaw and the Policyholders were huge winners this year. And that means the people of Florida won, too. 

Peter Schorsch is the President of Extensive Enterprises and is the publisher of some of Florida’s most influential new media websites, including SaintPetersBlog.com, FloridaPolitics.com, ContextFlorida.com, and Sunburn, the morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. SaintPetersBlog has for three years running been ranked by the Washington Post as the best state-based blog in Florida. In addition to his publishing efforts, Peter is a political consultant to several of the state’s largest governmental affairs and public relations firms. Peter lives in St. Petersburg with his wife, Michelle, and their daughter, Ella.